AN VOLUNTEER, AMEBIC' \\l VBBT' THURSDAY HORNING ,1m n. nrattbM. rußLismsD i By TER*t S One Dollar and Fifty Cents, i bald in advance j Two Dollars If paid within the yoan 'andTwo Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid wltliln the year. These terms will be rigid |y'Odherodito In every Instance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at tho’option of the Editor. Advertisements —Accompanied by the Gash, not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one Dollar, and twenty-live cohts for fcAcjji additional insertion. Those of a greater length In-proportion. JOD-PniNTiNQ—Such as Hand Bills, Posting Bills; Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. I^oetirnl LOVEBS. A PASSAGE mOM KEATS* •« WADELI.A.” Partins they socra'd lo trend npon tiro air, Twin roses by the zephyr blown apart Only to nioct ognin more close, and share. The Inward fragrance of each other’s heart. Bhe, to her chamber gone, a ditty fair Sang of delicious love and honey’d dart; tie with light steps wont up a western hill, And bade the sun farewell, and joy’d his fill. A’l close they mot again, before the dusk Had taken from the stars its pleasant veil, All close they met, all eyes before the dusk Had taken from thy stars its pleasant veil, Close in a bower of hyacinth ami mn.sk, Unknown to any, free from whispering tale, Abl better had H boon forever so, Than Idle ears should pleasure in their woe. traro they unhappy then ?—it cannot be— Too many tears for lovers have been shed, Too many sighs give we to them in fee, Too much of pity after they are dead, Too many doleful stories do \rc sec, Whoso matter in brigl t gold were best road ; Except in such a page where Theseus’s spouse Over llie pathless waves toward him bows. iSOW-J-DAYS, Alas! bow everything lias changed Since I was sweet sixteen, When all the girls wore homespun frocks, And aprons nice and clean ; With bonnets made of braided straw, That tied beneath the chin, The shawl laid neatly on the neck, And fastened with u pin. I recollect the time when I Rode father’s horse to mill, Across the meadows, rock and field, And up and down the hill, And when our folks were out at work, t As sure as I’m a sinner,) I jumped upon a horse, hare-bark, And carried them their dinner. Dear me ! young Indies, now-a-days, Would almost faint away To think of riding all alone In wagon, chaise or sleigh ; And os forgiving " pa" his meals, Or helping “ urn” to hake, Oh, saints! ’twould spoil her lilly hamh, Though sometimes they make cuke! When winter came, the maiden's heart Began to )>ent and flutter; Each beau would take his sweetheart out Sleighing in a cutter; Or, If the storm was bleak and cold, The girls and beaux together Would meet and have most glorious fun, And never mind the weather. But now. indeed, it grivcs mi' much The circumstance lo mention, However kind the young man's heart, And honest his Intention, lie never asks the girls to ride But such a war is waged 1 Ajul If ho sees her once a week. Why, surely, " they’re engaged!” 3(siisrfllniifoiis. THE TWO WIDOWS HY XVTIIVNIKL IMHTIiniiXF. The following story, the simple nnd domestic Incidents of which may hi* deemed scarcely worth relating, after anrli u lapse of lime, awak ened ft degree of Interest a hundred years ago, in ft principal seaport of the hay of Massachusetts. The rainy twilight of an autumn day,a parlnron tho second floor of a house, plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling l iministanrcs of its inhabitants, yet decorated with little curiosities from beyond* the sea, and a few delicate speei inens of Indian manntaetnre ; these are the only particulars to he premised in regard to scenes and season. Two young and comely women sat together by tho fireside, inirsilig their mutual and peculiar sorrow**. They were the recent brides of two brothers, a sailor am! landsman, nmiiwo successive daynhad brought tidings ol the death of each, by the chances of Canadian warfare and tho tompestou* Atlantic. The universal sym pathy excited by this bereavement,drew numer ous consulting gm*s's to the habitation of tho widowed sisters. Several, among whom was the minister, had remained till the verge of tho evening*, when, one by one, whispering many comfortable passages of Scripture, that were an swered by more abundant tears, they took their loovo, and departed to their own happier homes. Tho mourners, though not Insensible to tho kind ness of their friends, had yearned to bo loft alone. United ns they had been by relationship of the living, and now more closely so by that of the dead, each felt as if whatever consolation her grief admitted, was to be found in the bosom of the other. They joined their hearts, and wept together silently, lint afVr an hour of such in dulgence, one of the sisters, all ol whose emo tions were influenced by her mild, quiet, yet not feeble character, began to recoiled the precepts of resignation and endurance which piety bail taught her, when she did not think to heed them- Her misfortunes, besides, as earliest known, should earliest cease to interfere with tier regul.it course of duties; accordingly, having placed the table before the (ire, and arranged a frugal meal, aho took the hand of her companion. "Como, dearest sister, yon have not eaten a morsel to day/’ she said. “Arise, I pray yon, nnd let us ask a blessing on that which is pro vided for us.” Ilcr sistor-tn-lnw whs of n lively ami Irritable temperament, and the* first pangs of her sorrow had been expressed by shrieks and passionate l.unentiUUms. She now shrunk from Mary's words, like a wounded sud'erer from u hand that revives the throb. “ There is no blessing for me, neither will, I link it, criedAlargurct,'’ with a fresh burst of tears. “Would It wove his will that 1 might nev er tasto food more.” Vet she trembled at those rebellious express lons, almost ns soon ns they wore uttered, and by degrees, Mary succeeded In bringing her sis ter's mind nearer to tho situation of her o\yn. — Time wont on, ami their usual hour of repose arrived. The brothers and limit brides entered tho married stato with no more than the slender moans which thou sanctioned such a step, and confederated themselves Into ono household, with equal rights to tho parlor, and claiming exclu sive privileges In two sleeping rooms contiguous to it. Thither the widowed ones retired, after hooping ashes upon the dying embers of tho lire, nnd placing a lighted lamp upon tim hearth.— The doors of both chambers wore loft open, so that a part of tho interior of each, and tho bods, with their unclosed curtains, woro reciprocally visible. Sleep did not fall upon tho sisters at onco and at tho same time. Mary experienced \ the oflbet often consequent upon grief, quietly .porno, nnd soon sunk Into temporary; fprgotftil. ,11088, whllo Margaret become more disturbed and feverish, In proportion as tho night Vadvanced with Its doopostund stillest hours. She lay list ping to tho drops of rain, (lint came down in mo notonous succession, unswayed by breath of wind, and a nervous Impulse continually causing hor to lift her head 1 from tho pillow, and gaze In* to Mary’s chamber and tho Intermediate gpart- £22 B I B H H/ , ■ I ~- ■ ' I I I 8 ■ h 8 ■' 1 8 11/8 8 BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL, 40. mcnt. The cold light of tho lamp threw the shadows of tho fhrniture up against tho wall, stamping them Immovable thero, except when they were shaken by a sudden flicker oi the flame. Two vacant arm chairs were In their old position on opposite sides ol the hearth, where the brothers were wont to sit in young and laughing dignity, as heads of families j two huro blier scats wore near them, tho thrones of that I little empire, where Mary and herself had exer j cised in love a power that love .had won. The cheerful radiance of tho fire hod shone upon tho happy circle, and tho dead glimmer of the lamp might have befitted their reunion now. "While Margaret groaned In bitterness,she heard q knock at’tho street door. “How would my heart have leapt at that sound hnl yesterday (’ thought she, remembering the anxiety with >vhlch she had long awaited tidings from her husband. “I care not for it non ; let them begone, for I will not arise.” • But everi’while a sort of childish frctfulness made her thus resolve, she was bnalhlng hur riedly and straining her ears to catch a repeti tion of the summons. It. is difficult to he con vinced of tho death of one whom we have deemed anoUtcr self. Tito knocking was now renewed with tho soft end of a double fist, and was ac companied by words faintly heard through sev eral thicknesses of the wall. Margaret looked to her sister’s ehanther, and beheld her still ly ing in the depths of sleep. She slightly-arrayed herself, trembling between fear and eagerness as she did so. ‘‘Heaven help mesighed she, “I have noth ing left to fear, and methiuks 1 am ten times more a coward now than over.” Seizing the lump from the hearth,she hasten ed to the window that overlooked tho street door, it was a lattice turning upon hinges; and hav ing thrown it back, she stretched her head a liltlo way Into the moist atmosphere. A lantern was reddening the front of the house, and melting its light in the neighboring puddles, while a del uge of darkness overwhelmed every object. As the window grated on its hinges, a man in a )<roud brimmed hat and blanket coat stepped from under tbe shelter of the projecting story, and looked upward to discover whom his appli. cation had nnonsed. Margaret knew him as a friendly innkeeper of the (own. ‘•What would you have, good man Parker 7” cried the widow. “I.ack-a-dny, is it you, good mistress Marga ret ?” replied the innkeeper. “I was afraid it might bo sinter Mary, for I hale to see a young woman In trouble, when I liav’ut a word ofeomfort to whisper to her.” “For Heaven’s sake, whul news do you bring 7 ’ screamed Margaret, “Why there has hern an express through the town this half hour,” said good man Parker, “travelling from the eastward jurisdiction with letters from the Governor and Council. Hr tarried at my house to refresh himself with a drop and morsel, and I asked him what tidings on tho frontiers. Ho told me we had the better In the skirmish you wot of, and that thirteen men reported slain, arc well and sound, and your husband among them. Besides, he is appointed tme of tho escort to bring tho captivated Trench ers and Indians home to the province jail. I judge you would’nt mind being broke of your rest, arid so I stepped over to toll you. Good night.” So saying, the honest man departed ; and his antern gleamed along the street, bringing to iew indistinct shapes of things, and the frag* nont of- a world, like order gltimoerlngthrough* chaos, or memory roaming over the past.— hit Margaret stayed not to watch (hose plctnr sque edeefs. Joy (lushed into her heart, and ighled il up at once, and breathless, and with ringed steps, she Hew to the bedside of her jster. She panned, however, at the door ofher Jiainher, while a thought of pain broke in upon l«T. #»*roor Mary said she to Jiers-df. "Shall I nvaken her to fed her sorrow sharpened b\ my nippiness / NO, I will keep it in my on n bosom ill (lie morrow. She approached (he bed to discover If Mary’s sleep wns peaceful. Her (nee was turned partly j upwards to the pillow*, mid had been hidden | there to w eep : but a look of motionless content- 1 meiu was visible upon it. as If her heart, like n deejvlake. had grown calm because Its bend had t sunk dowji so t.ir within. Happy it is,and strange * that tin* lighter sorrows urn those from which dreams are chiefly fabricated. Margaret sbrnt k hoin disturbing her sister-in-law. and felt as it her own better lorlune bad rendered her invol untarily unfaithful, ami (faltered and diminished ' affection must be the consequence ol the dlselos- I lire she had to make. With n sudden step she i turned aw.iv. itnl Joy could not long be re-, pressed, ev.-n by ihe circumstances Unit would ) have excited beam giief at another moment.— j Her mind was thronged with deligbtfhl thoughts, j (ill sleep stole on and transformed them to vis ions, more delightful and men* wild, like the breath of winter (hut n eold comparison) work ing fantastic tracery on the window. When the night was fur advanced. Mary nwoke with n sudden start. A vivid dream had latter ly involved her in Its unreal life, of which, how ever, she could only remember that it had been broken fn upon at tho most interesting point.— For a little time, slumber hung about her like a morning mist, hindering her from perceiving tho distinct outline of her situation. She listened with Imperfect consciousness to (wo or three volleys of n rapid and eager knocking, nnd first she deemed the mdse a matter of course, like Ihe breath she drew next, if appeared a thing In . which sin* had no concern i nnd lastly, became aware that it was a summons necessary to he I obeyed. At the same moment, the pang of re collection dnited into her mind ; fhopnll of sleep was throwii buck from tbe face of grief; the dim light of the chamber, and tho objects (herein re. I vented, hud retained all (heir suspended ideas, j and restored (hem as soon as she unclosed her 1 eyes/ Again there was a quick peal upon (he street door. Fearing that her sister would also he disturbed, Mary wrapped herself in a cloak anil hood, took tho lamp from the hearth, and hastened to tho window. By some accident it had been left unclasped, and yielded easily to (he hand. ,/ “Who’s there 7” asked Mary, trembling as she looked forth- The storm was over and tho moon was up i It 1 shone Up on broken clouds above and below,upon houses black with moisture,ami upon little lakes of the fallen rain, curling with silver beneath the quick enchantment of n breeze. A young man In a sailor’s dress, wot as If bo bad rnmo out of the depth rtf the son, stood alone under (bo win dow. Mary recognized him as ono whoso live lihood was gained by short voyages along tho coast | nor did she forget that, previous to her marriage, he hud been an unsuccessful wooer of her heart. ... “ What do yon seek hero, Stephen 7 said she. “Cheer up, Marv, (hr I sock to comfort you, answered llm njorlnd lover. “You mini know that I got homo ten minutes ago. nnd the Irst thing my mother (old me about was your hus band. So, without saying a word to tho old woman, I i-lujipctl on my Iml, nnd run oiit of tlw house. I could’nt have slept a wink before speaking to you, Mary, for the sake of old times. ... , , “Stephen, I thought bettor of you I’ exclaim ed tho widow, with gushing tears, and preparing tooioso tho lattice \ for she was no whit Inclined to Imitate tho first wife of Zadig. “But stop, and hoar my story out,” cried the young sailor. “I toll you wo spoke a brig yes terday afternoon, bound In from old England. And who do you think I saw on deck, well nnd hearty, only u bit thinner than ho was live months ago 7„” Mary loaned from tho window, but could not spoak. “Why, It was your husband hlmsolf,” con tinued tho gonorous seaman. “110 and three others saved themselves on a spar, when tho ' ‘ orn COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE I^GHT- —DDT RIGHT OR WRO: ~ . 'mf.. vessel turned bottom upwards. The brig will beat into the bay by daylight, with this wind, and you’ll see him here to-morrow. There’s, the comfort I bring to you, Mary ; so good night. Uo hurried away, while Mary watched him with a doubt of waking reality, that seemed stronger or weaker os he alternately entered the shade of the house, or emerged into the broad streaks of moonlight. Gradually, however, a flood of conviction swelled into her heart, In strength enough to overwhelm her, hod its In crease been more. Her flrst impulse was to arouse her sister-in-law, and communicate the new-born gladness. She opened the chamber door, which had been closed in the course of the night, though not latched, advanced to the bedside, and was about to lay her hand on the slumberer’s shoulder. But then she remembered that Margaret would awake to thoughts of death and woe, rendered not the less bitter by the con trast of her own felicity. She suffered the rays of the lamp to fall upon the unconscious form of the bereaved one. Margaret lay in unquiet sleep, and the drapery was displaced nrbund her; her i young cheek was rosy-tlnred, lips half opened in u vivid smile; an expression of joy debarred its passage by her scaled eyelids, struggled forth like Incense from the whole countenance. “My poor sister, you will awaken too soon from that happy dream!’ 5 thought Mary. Before retiring, she set down the lamp, and endeavored to arrange the bed-clothes so that the chill air might do no harm to the feverish slunjberor. But her hand had trembled against Margaret’s neck, a tear also fell upon her check, and she suddenly awoke. Their mutual joy was made known, anti they wept in each other’s arms. Fortune Telling. Some young persons once applied to an old woman who, among the vulgarnnd ignorant,hjtd gained much celebrity in the art; to each, of course, she had something to say; but to one she did “a talc unfold,” so much to the purpose caused her very soou to leave this world of trouble. After promising with a great deal of nonsense, she intormod her that she would never bo married, but that she would live in great splendor for a period, but after all, she was “sor ry to say,” she would die poor and miserable. Miss H., whilst with her companions, slowed very little signs of anxiety; but the moment she was left to her own reflections, one may guess the effect of such a harangue on a virtuous but weak mind. Mark the consequence :—She was at the time on the point of marriage with a very worthy and respectable young gentleman; but such was- the hold which the prediction of the fortune teller had taken on her imagination, that she could never from that lime receive him with her usual affectionate attention. Her lover quickly perceiving this change, endeavored fo '■ learn the cause of It; Iml findifqvids inquiries i ineffectual, ns also any efforts of hufio rouse her | to an explanation of her behavior, which became ' more and more distant, and doubting the slneor-1 ity of her affection, lie, in the course of a little time, discontinued his visits obogether. The' young Indy perceiving herself deserted by the' only man site could ever love, and dreading, that t as she had fulfilled the prophecy so fur. the rest might also be her future lot. continued to drag on a now weary existence, and at length resolved to put an effectual stop to this progressive dis honor to her name, by committing a crime that coqld never bo repented of. One morning, nf the 1 usual hoar; her flimliy finding she diff not' appear, sent to inquire tho cause, when sho was found-lying dead In her hed, having the night bcfoftf'Wken two ounces of landanmn to effect. her purpose. On tho toilet was found a note, I detailing tho particular reasons for committing ( so shocking an act, of which tho proceeding oc- ■. count is tho outline. j Tima perished an Innocent nnd lovely girl, in tho flower of her youth, through the baneful in fluence of fortno telling 1 but giving at the same lime tlio flattest contradiction to Ihe prophecy against her. Sam Sllrk on Uwjrfn, Few tilings resemble each other more, in na tnr’. than an old cunnin' lawyer and a spider.— He* weaves his web into a corner, with no light behind, to show the thread of his net; hut—in a shade, like—there he w ails in his dark otllco, to receive his visitor. A bnzzin burrin thought less fly, tbinkln* of nothin’ hnt Ids beautiful wings and well-made legs, and rather near-sight ed witf ml comes slum hi in head.o vet-heels, into ! the net. “ I beg your pardon,” says (lie fly, " I really didn’t see tins nel-w nrk of yours, tho weather is foggy,and tho streets so cotifoiinded dark, I’m afraid I’ve dune mischief.” "Not at all,” says thn spider, bowin’, "I guess it’s all my fault. I reckon I had oiighttu have hung a lamp outj hnt, pray, don’t move or you may do damage. Allow me to assist yon.” Ami, then, bo ties up one lug. and (lien tho oili er, nnd furls up both wings, anil Inis him as fust as Gibralter. u Now,” says tiic spider, " my good triend,” (a phrase a feiler idlers uses, when lie’s ngoln to be tricky,) “I’m afraid you’ve hurl ymuself a considerable sum. I must bleed yon.” " Bleed me I” says flu* fly. “ Excuse me—l’m obliged to you—l don't require It.” I "(Hi! yes, yon do, my dear friend,” and lie gels ready for tin* operation. 1 *• If yon dare to do that,” says the fly. " I’ll j knock you down; and I'm a man that what ] I hi) down I stand on.” | ‘•Von bad better get up first,” says (he spider, alanghin.’ “ Yon must be bled ; you must pay all damages.” And lie bleeds him, and be bleeds bun, till lie gasps lui breath, and feels faintin' coniln’ on. “Let me go, my good feller,” says the poor fly, " and I will pay yon liberally.” “I’ay!” says tho spidor. “V>>u miserable, nncircumriscd wretch, you have nothing left to pay with. “ Take Hint!” and ho gives him the last dig, ami ho is ft gono coon—bled to death. A lion'! Ilfniorsf, In the beginning of the last century, there was In the menagerie nt Cause), a lion that show ed an astonishing degree of tameness towards iho woman who had thocareof him. This wont so far, that the woman, in order to amuse the .company that came to soo tho animal, would rashly place not only her hand, but her head be tween his tremendous Jaws. She had frequently performed this experiment without suffering any Iqjury, but having onco introduced her head into the lion’s month, the animal made a sudden snap and killed her on the spot. Undoubtedly, this catastrophe was unintentional on tho part of tho lion; for probably, at the fatal moment, the hair of the woman’s bead Irritated tho lion’s throat ami compelled him to snooze or cough; at least (ho suggestion appears to bo confirmed by what followed ; for, as soon as tho lion perceived that bo had killed bis attendant, the good-tempered, grateful animal, exhibited signs of tho deepest melancholy—laid himself down by tho aide of tho dead body, which ho would not suffer to bo taken from him—refused to take any food, ami in a few days pined himself to death. TiruY Have Costs.—Tho New York Evening Post announces the arrival in this country of several copies of the picture of tho Blessed Vir gin of Bimini. which winked at Signor Bedim during his administration of the Government of Bologna, Tho engravings do not wink. [T7 , “Unclo, ,> said a young man, who thought that his guardian supplied him rather seldom with pocket money, and felt a little hesitation on beginning to make a request on Ins relative s generosity, “ Is tho queen’s head still on tho shilling-piece?’’ “Ofcourse it is. you stupid lad; why do yon ask that ?* “ Because it Is now such a length of time since I had one . CARLISLE, PA, TffIESRAY, APRIL' BACMR’S .FARE. Funny and free &o;nl bachelor’s revelries, Cheerily, merrily passes his life; Nothing knows he o|,connublal devilries, Troublesome children and clamorous wife. Free from satiety, cam and anxiety, Charms In variety ftll to his share; Bacchus’s blisses, and Venus’s kisses. This, boys—tills is\t|io Bachelor’s Pare. A wife, like a conistoft.chattering, clattering,' Tied to a dog for.b'Js torment and dread, All bespattering, burning'and battering, Hurries and worrhyl him till he is dead. Old ones are two deyllft haunted willi blue devils, Young ones are raising despair; Doctors and nurses COfebiriing their curses, Adieu to full pursctfjind Bachelor’s Far*'. Through such folly data,, Cnee sweet holidays, Soon are cmblUerhtfby.wrangling and strife; Wives turns jolly daWta-molaneholy daysj^ All perplexing and. jexlng one’s life. Children ore riotous, servants fly M us, Mammy to quiet OS'growls like a bear; Polly is squalling, aiiaKoily is bawling. While dad is recaMfc his Bachelor’s Faro. When they ore oldorwown, then thdy are bolder grown, Turning your tempCDqnd spurning your rule; Girls through foollshil&sV passion or multshncss, Parry your a fool. Boys will anticipate", iLjrifth-and dissipate All that your busy jbto hoarded with care; Then toll mo what jollity, fun.or frivolity, Equals in quality Bachelor’s Fare! From fi^arringlon, > Sketches.” PECULIARITIES- OF IMH CHARACTER. 4r-“ TIOW XBD WAITER «p,1113 OWN - HEAD OFF. Among my mqnorahdums of singular inci dents, 1 find one whicji; even how affords me as much amusement as: Such a circumstance can possibly admit of; afidas it is, at the same time i highly tho people among whom it occurred, iirthat view I relate it. A man decapitating by mistake, U indeed a blunder of true Qibmqan character. In the year 1800, a laborer, near the town of Athy, County KildareJ where some of my fam ily tricn resided, was Walking with his comrade un the banks of the: Barrow to the farm of a Sir. Richardsort, on. whose meadows they were employed to mow ; the usual Irish way, i having his scythe loosljf,wagging over lus shoul der. and lazily lounging closp. to the hank of the 1 river, they espied a'BnlmOtTpartly hid under the | bank. It is the naturcof this lish that, when | its haul is conccalcd v .ii<f fancies no or c can see his tail (there lire marly wiseacres, besides the 1 salmon, of tho same Wav of thinking.) On ' tho present occasion the-body, of the fish was i visible. “Oh, Ned—Ned d<?irV‘ said one of the mow , ers, “look at that big fijllow there, isn't it a pity j we ha’n’t no spear?”.-. . “May l»c, n said Ntdf “wo could be after picking the lad - “True Cor you I” iiaid Dentils; “ spike of yoer handle i« longer npr mine ; give the fellow a'dig with it at any raW.” “Ay, will I,” returned tho other: ‘*ni give the lad a prod he’ll never forget any how.” The spike and their sport was all they tho’t of; but the Mode of the scythe, which hung over Kcd’s shouklc-s, never came into the con templation of either of them. Ned cautiously looked over the bank : tho unconscious salmon lay snug, little imagining the conspiracy that , had been formed against his tail. ‘•Nowhit the lad Mimrt!” said Dennis:—l “there now—there ! rise your : now you i have the l>oy ! now Ned—success!” I Ned struck nt the sulnion with nil his might and main, and that was not trilling But whe ther “the hoy” wns picked or not never appear ed, for poor Neil, bending his neck ns he struck nt tlie salmon struck at the verb hnv in the most convenient posit-on for mifnnushing his shoulders, and lus head crime tumbling splash into the .Harrow, to the titter astonishment of hts comrade, who could not conceive /unfit could drop off so suddenly. But the next min ute he bad tlic consolation of swung the head attended by one of An otru ears, which had been most dexterously sliced off by the same blow which beheaded Jiis comrade. .The head and car rolled down the hill in company, and were picked up with extreme horror at the milldnm, near Mr. Richardson's, by one of the luilkr’fl men. “Who tho devil does this head belong to?” exefifimed tho miller. “ Whoever owned vtsaid the man, “ had | three cars at any rale ” ( A search being now made, Ned's headless body was discovered lying half over the bank. ( and Dennis, in a swoon, through fright and lo>s i of blood, was found recumbent hv its sab 1 Dennis, when brought to himself (w hieh process , was effected by whiskey.) rerited the w hole | adventure. They tied up the head ; the body was attended by a numerous assemblage ufl 1 Ned’s eountrymen to the grave; and the (mbit j 1 of carrying seythes carelessly very mneh do-( 1 dined. Many accidents bad happemd before 1 ; from that cause, and the priest ven judiciously , 'told bis Hock, after the Dr JV»/»udr>, that j Ned’q mtsfortune was a just punishment for | his negligence, whereby he had hurt a child a day or two before. ' From that lime none of the country people ( would, on any occasion, go after dark to the Spot where the catastrophe happened, as they say the doctor stole the head to anatomize it: ■ winch fact was confirmed by a man without • any head being frequently seen by (he wnvtrn i and children wLo-wero occasionally led to pass ! tho moat of Ascolc, three miles from Aihv. in 1 tho night-time ; and they really believed the 1 apparition to bo no other than the ghost of poor ' Nod Mather, looking everywhere for hut head that tho doctor’s hod made way with. This leads me to a digression more important. , Tho .superstition of the lower orders of Irish, i when death occurs In any peculiar manner, is i superlative. In truth, tho only three kinds of • death they consider ns natural arc, dying qnict • ly in their own cabins, being hanged about tho assize time, or starving when tho potato crop is deficient. All these they regard na matters of course; but any other species of dissolution is contemplated with much horror; though, to ■ be sure, they moke no very strong objection to ; being shot at by the regular army. They say their “fathers and forefathers before them, were always used to that same;" and all they expect in such case Is, that there should be some sort - of reason for it, which they themselves frequent ' ly furnish. But those man slaughters which , occur through tho activity of tho revenue ofll i cers in preventionof distillation, they never can f reconcile themselves to, mid never forgive. They can not understand the reason for all this at all, and treasure up a savage spirit of revenge L to tholast day of their lives. An ignorantpoor x cottager says,’naturally enough, to his land i lord, “Ought then is n’t It mighty odd, ploaao i your honor, that wo ore not hindered from cat -3 mg oats, whenever we can get any ? but if wo 1 attempt to dfinA; them, by J »> we arc kilt, i and battered, and shot, and burned out like a parcel of dogs by the excisemen, that’s twice 18 B i J&b4ks *Ep A '■:s*■ ** J% 1111'Ww -I ♦ )NG, OUR COUNTRY.” !7, 1854, greater rogues nor we ore, plaso your honor •In. trulh it is to be lamented that this diatipc*. tion between solids and Huids should not bo bet ter reconciled to the common sense of the pea santry, or be somehow regulatedso as to prevent perpetual resort to that erroneous system of mountain warfarc and revenue bloodshed, Which ever : has kept, and ever will keep, whole-dis tricts of Ireland in a state of excitement and distraction. I know that I speak the senti nicntsof some of his majesty’s enlightened min isters on this subject. BI’SSIAiNS WAGE WAR. THE SACK OF LOSONC2, On the Ist of August, 1840, about 0 o'clock in the morning, ninety Russian soldiers, com-! mandedby ten officers, arrived at Lasoncz.— They halted in the public square, and while the officers were breakfasting in the nearest tavern, the soldiers scattered around among tho baker shops of the town. They had been scarcely fifteen minutes engaged in regaling themselves there, when the place was suddenly surrounded by a column of 150 Hungarian guerillas, who rushed updh their hated foes with unexpected impetuosity. Three Russian officers were killed; the rest, with all the common soldiers, were captured, excepting only a few who managed to escape. After this feat, tho guerillas withdrew.— When they at length departed, the hqfiick of tho Russians were buried in the common ditch. It was not long, however, before the rumor reach ed Losoncz that General Orabbc had sworn to take vengeance on the town for the surprise of his soldiers. At length, on August?, the af frighted inhabitants loomed that the enraged Russians were within an hour’s march of them. All who had vehicles at their disposal at once hurried away, but the largest portion were compelled to remain. The cholera was. com mitting its ravages in the town, and nearly ev ery family had dead members to bury or sick to tend. The town was speedily surrounded by the Russian advanced guard,composed of Cossacks, whose first measure was to cut otf all retreat for those who might still endeavor to escape.— “Hungarian dogs 1" they cried to the unfor tunate fugitives, as they drove than hack with chibs. Ere long, n Russian major presents! himself at the Town Hall, and the municipality having secreted themselves, or taken to flight, named n magistrate and mayor among the town’s peo ple present, imposing upon the place a ransom of 27,000 rations of bread. 100 oxen. lOOqnin-, tals of lard, 200 bushels of vegetables, 100 cords of wood, 100 casks of wine. 25 casks of alco hol, J 00 casks of brandy, 50,000 rations of hay, 500 bushels of oals, and 20 quintals of tobacco. This exorbitant ransom was hud upon the town, with on accompanying threat that if it were not paid by 8 o'clock the next morning, the placcshould be destroyed. To satisfy such I [demand was impossible, for a few days previ-1 onsly the army of (iorgey, and the corps of Gen. | Saas, had consumed nearly all the provision | that could bo found in the neighborhood. Yet j every exertion was made, ami then the deputy turn of burghers presented themselves at the!! head-quarters of Gen. Grnbbc, to reach which,' it was necessary to pass through the Russian army. At first free passage was refused them; but after haring been subjected to much ill treatment, succeeded in making their way to .General Kaddlc, who received them brutally, although nt the same time promising to spare the innocent. Hut. by afternoon, the pillogo began m some of the stm-ts. The officers, to console (lie inhabitants, (old them (here should | Ik* no burning. Hut the soldiers were more frank in announcing the truth. At last night I came—and what a night ! About 10 o'clock, [a troop of Cossacks dashcd'iuto the town and 'drove the inhabitants towards the cemetery. 1 where the Russians ‘•lnin by the guerrillas hail . been interred. There, they wereordeml to open the pit in which the dead soldiers hud been de posited, and as tluy were aUiul to do so, with innttitMv and spade, then l rose a veil fiom their foes: “With your nails, dogs that ye are !" and they were forced to obey. ’1 lie general pillage commenced after midnight. The signal was given by a blast of trumpets. The regi ments passed in, one aft er another. This throng ing host, constantly renewed, did not content 1 itself with pillaging (he houses, but (hey even tore from the inhabitants their clothing, not , excepting their linen and shoes. Those who did not yield to this outrage with a good grace, were regaled by a shower of blows. All were soon reduced 1° a condition bordering on com plete nudity. Of course, the principal demand was for their monev. and when they had none, they were lacerated with cuts of the lanltchuk. The last regiments, finding nothing moro to take, avenged themselves for the disappointment by unheard of cm«llics. Officers ns well ns common soldiers, shared m the booty. When all the Molm articles hud been con veyed to the Russian camp, some of the batta lions re-entered the town with pitchforks and slicks, ami broke to pieces ever) tiling they bad not been able to carry away. They did not | | leave a single article of furniture entire. Ib j scending into the cellars, they bilged all the 1 wine they could not drink. The excesses coin ( milted hy these di unken bin burmns surpassed all that any one could imagine or dare to de scribe. 1 will say nothing of the outrages com mitted on women ami girls. Although an eye witness, I can scarcely believe them. Tins much, however, 1 will say, that neither the churches nor the resting places of the dead were respected. This sack, of which the like has never, perhaps, been elsewhere committed, last ed thirty-six hours. During that whole lime the town was surrounded so (hat no one could pass out of it. The destruction was complete. 1 the ruin was total —but even all that was not enough. On the 9th of August, fire was applied to all the houses. The fragments of broken furniture were heaped up in the centre of the rooms and fire set to them with torches prepared for that j | [lurjiose. Uy u refinement °1 cruelty, while this unfortunate town was burning, the Rus sian regimental bands played their national airs. The flames, the savage music, the fero cious yells and laughter, mingled with cries of despair from a wild throng of naked, maltreat ed, famished and frantic people, made up a catalogue of horrors that cannot be conceived. In tv few hours the whole town was in llmnos. Those who attempted to extinguish the confla gration—a vain effort at best—were beaten back by the patrols, who even drove many of the in habitants into the (lames. Towards evening, the heat became insupportable, and the wretch ed survivors were led to A putfill m, where it was told them they were to bo moasacrecd. — Hut this menace produced no effect upon them; they had already suffered too much for that, uhef so they were permitted to live as the worst punishment that could bo inflicted upon them. But, in order to make their work complete, on the next day, while the army was commencing its inarch, they were assembled, and Uve francs given to each one, with the following words: — “ Strict investigation has been made, and wo have discovered that the town was Bred, npt by Russians, but by guerillas disguised as pea sants.” After this unblushing and infamous false- AT $2,00 PER ANNUM. NO. 46. Hood, the army moved off,, an d tfie wretched towns people returned to gaze upon the smoky ’turns of their dwellings, so lately the'homes of peace and comfort. , * A Story About Bed-Bugs. Speaking of bed-hugs, a friend of ours who “put tip” at tho Kalamazoo House, tells the following “ Strong oho ‘ * You see, I went to bed pretty all-fired used up, after a hull day. on the old road plank was laid, calkalaiin* on a good srioozc. Waal, jist as the shivers began to-caso off, I kinder felt suthin* tryin’ to’ pull off my shirt and diggin’ their feet into tho small of my back to get a good hold. •‘Wigglcd-tmd twisted, and doubled and puckered—all no use—kept ngoin’ it like all sin. Bimeby, got up and struck a light to look around a spell—found about a pock of bod bugs scattercd’around, and more drop pin* off rny shirt and runnin* down my legs ev ery mlnnit. Swept off a pUco on the lloor, shook out a lay down and kivered up in it fpr ft nap. No use—mounted right on to me, like a passcl of rats on a meal tup—dug a hole in thojuver lid, and crawled through and give mo fits for tryin’ to hide. Got up agin, went down stairs and got the slush bucket from the wagon. Brought it up and* made.a circle of tar on the floor—lay down on thc lloor on the iqsido, and felt comfortable tha£‘tiwfc anyhow. Left the light burnin’ and watched, ’em. ■ See’ ’em get together and have a cnmpinectin’ ’bout it, and then tlioy went off in a squad, with an old gray headed ho one, at the top,' right up.tho wall, out on the ceiling, till they got to the right snot, then dropped right plump into my face. [Fact by thunder! f . “■Waal, I. swept ’em tip again and made a circle of tar on the ceiling too. Thought 1 had 'em foul, that time; hut 1 swan to man. if they didn’t pull straws out of the bed, and build a regular bridge ovefAUj* Seeing an meredinteiexpression on our visage, he cliuclied the story thus; “ It’s so, whether you believe it or not, and some of ’em t colled acres* on stilts!'' .Bed bugs arc curuß critters and no mistake; ’special ly the Kalamazoo kind.—Grand River Eagle. ' A TmrxnEiuxa Despatch.— We, (the senior) while sitting near the telegraph table on Fri day evening last, were severely shocked at the reception of - a despatch, by the wire, from above. It was so unexpected, that it caused our-blood to chill through our veins, and our hftlr to Stand erect upon our head. In fact, we never before experienced such feelings, and hope we never may again. That despatch not only shocked us, but all who were permitted to sec it, or wtre present when it was received, were amazed and terrified. We have received, through onr office, all kinds ' of messages; some conveying intelligence of the death of a friend, or summoning n father, moth i cr, brother, or sister, to tha bedside of .dying I relatives. We have often sat at the table, and I and received messages which filled ns with sor row, and caused a tear to gather in our eve, as we read of the misfortune,.death, or difficulty of somo lellnvc creflturcr- jmt never did a.dea [ 'pafcft-pilt euclf fcohngs over us o* did this But we will keep our renders no longer waiting to know the contents of the despatch, and will tell them, hoping it will not have tho same ef fect upon them Dint it hod upon us. Well, now, listen. It wits shirked streak of lightning! Wouldn’t such a despatch have shocked any of yon ? And can you Maine us for turning pale, and ImnMing in the knees, when we received it? 1 The fn<*t is, ft tree to which the telegraph wire is attached. was struck neartho top: tho light ning followed the win*, which led it, nmcli against onr will, ami In the confusion of all hands, and the dcul particularly, into the prin ting office. Tt,however, damaged nothing, save onr front window, through which it passed, and which had its facing torn aliont considerably. We have a great aversion to “lire and brim stone,' and hope the president of the Telegraph Uonipaiiy mil put a sloj/Vi tli<* transmission of such matter on this hm* particularly.—tV no - gm 7'i»nr.<. A FaMU.v Scknk —“Father, look }c litre.— Wot’s the reason that you and mother is allers quurreJlmg l ." “Sdenee, mv sou. Wo you know what ion nre talking about f” “Ye.s. sir-ee. I do, T un-. just wonderin’ wot you’d do ef you had as man,) w nes as Sol omon.” “Ilnhf go to hedl” ‘•Yes! it's worry well to say go to hed. .Sol omon had inore’ii a Inmdnd wnes, all of ’em livin’in the same house, a entin together, ami nc’tr 11 fight!" ‘•<lo to bed,” | “ Now wliftt a time you’ll Innc, ef you had 1 half as many. Why. \"iiM kick up such a rumpus fts 'ud fetch up the police - and knock things to thunder I” A broomstick interrupted the loquacious youth, and suddenly suggested the idea of Irav l elling—whieh he did WoKPKUFt l. Cl li>:. --The following wonder ful effect of one of the cure nil patent medicines advertised so extensively in many of the tiens ' papers of the day. is about ns well authenticat ed as most df the remarkable (‘uses whieh are backed up by ft long nrrnv oMtogns certificate.-: 1 “A lioy had HWiuloWtd a silver dollar. None ■of the faculty could devise any alleviation, whereupon the inventor of the cure-all medicine was sent for. “It is evident,” said he. “that so considerable a coin can never bo forced up by any emetic known to science. However, let him take this pill, and Haltering consequences will bo likely to ensue.” An hour afterwards, tho-hoy threw up the dollar, hut in small change —principally Hve-cent pieces !” In KWO, n trial took plan* in C'ouriocU cut, under Hu* .section of the blue hnws, pro hibiting kissing. The ollcmlcrs wore Sarah Tuttle nml Jamb Nvwlim. It appears Unit Sarah dropped her gloves nml Jacob found them. When Sarah asked TfiTthem. Jacob de manded u kiss fur his pay. ami as the demand did not seem extravagant, she adjusted it forth with. The fuels were clearly proved, and the parties were eftch lined twenty shillings. \rr Wo nrc glad to see it announced that our “friend of other days," Mrs. Partington, is about to issue a vohimoofhcr “sayings." We bespeak for it a rapid and very extensive sale. Thu proof-sheets have found their way into several of the Boston offices alreadj*. Success and long life to the kind-hearted matron. C "Z7* Tho Newburyport Herald intimates that the number of strong minded women is on the increase in Boston. Its opinion is founded upon some dozen eases lately before tho Police Court whQio wives gave their husbands sound thrash ings, proving themselves strong handed if not strong minded. A Distinction. —Wo notice by the papers that when ono of tho big bugs of upper tendom commits self-murder, it is “a melancholy cose of self-destructionbut when an undishn 'gulshed poor fellow saws olf his wcnsimd witli a dull razor, it is simply “suicide. (HT’Piiy your dcbts.r [C7* Modesty is tho greatest channiitwoi Ov* An angry iimri cannot reason [C7* ‘ SaucoMyoraanysCTvant f seldom 1 We often quarrel with the get rid of pitying ttyem. '*' ?: 4 ‘ t ■ - [CT 3- In Burmah it is esteemed ag indigmiy to throw a woman’s scarf over a corpse. • E7** None arc more thosewhO falsely believe they are fteo. f; •/; \£T:Jt is said that until latdy,io word has . existed in the Itussian language, - to the English word Justice. * j/y:' \ \CT Public' opinion :ip. a "jOrisdictforfjf -which the wise man'wili neVei* entirely Tecogfl&c,' nor ontirdy deny.• ; v * . ' } j \Cs' I .will Usten to any one’s convict iphs; but' pray keep' your' .doubts to youtsdf.. T have plenty of fay own. '•\ V •’ ‘ - There is a lady in' this place so high minded, that she disdains' fo Own shehas com mon sense. : ' ' IC7* u If dirt was trump, what a hAnd yo» would hold,” said Charles Lamb, to a filthy partner, at whist. - . , -*' _ . DC?[* A man saved from drOwning a night or two since, in Boston, abused the man who res cued him, because he did not save hiq Ciii.vrsb Sating.—A drunkard’s nose is said to bo* a “ light-house, warrttag. us. of.itheliUlo water that passetb underneath. 0 ’"' '; The papers say that the Emperor las has had a breaking out on' hia face.' ‘ it has long been obvious that he is rash all overi'^ ‘ (CT* When children arc little they make their parent’s h&ids ache—when grownup they make their hearts (and pockets) ache.>■* X - Cy* Marked) in Michigan, Mr. Henry - Bi)U. to Miss Mary Small. We liopo the issue of spuill htlls.ia not prohibited in that State, / proverbs often poakcsrfmuch point. Take the following as on example ?: “The erailes of beauty arc the tears of the Jforsc* ’ \C/*. Excuses arc the pick-pockcts. o.C tnnc.-p- The son-docs not wait for his hot-water, or his. • boots, Imt gets up at once., .-' / » "s, ", Dfril was observed of a cclebratcdphyßician, .• that he never said in company,, f‘l drink your health,” but ‘ 'My service to you !” ' ■ V • ■ WfiU. N‘Airr.n.- r -TheTx)ndon Diogenes deno minates the dispute between llohbs and Im'bp- ~ case of v ■ • Tho Spring Fever prevails to a great ex tent in ourborougiratlhp present timcl Wo. believe the disease is contagious. ‘ . : ' [£7*The man who was Mown vp by his wife on account of his penuriousness in nishouschold aOairs, afterwards came down handsomely. 07* Tho “Know Nothings,V -when they call the Wigwam together —so it is said —paste up a blank piece of white papo?. Good. —At one of the missionary stations, tho question, “What is original sin?” having’ been put to an aged Indian Chief,-he promptly replied, “Laziness!” \CT A'poor, helpless, hcn-pcckcd philosopher of a husband, describes a pinch to be the great est amount of power nt woman’s command, concentrated at a single point. ■ 07 s The ybnng’fellow who.insisted on tho lamp-post’s stepping a round thdeomop to-tako a social drink, nas been indicted for trying ,to corrupt a public servant. 07* Aunt Ploddypoddy is delighted tolcnrii by tho arrival of‘tho Baltic, thd'Czar refuses.lb treat.” Bho thinks bet jolningsthcvT«nfipcrancfl Mi QT 5 * Wliat part of Scripture do theladicsful fil when they kiss each other? Doing unto others what they would that men should do unto them. (CT ” The human mind,” says the Italian, “ walks in England, it skips iu France, it plods and gropes in Germany, in Italy it soars.” Id the United States it spreads. CTT' Which is the most dangerous, the con tents of a gun barrel, or the contents of awhis key barrel} Referred to the ilungtovm Debat ing Society. Robbins are again welcome visitors, whose notes fall with peculiar sweet ness upon the car after the long silence of tho winter months. fTT’’ Jones says he hates to soo women buy ing fitrmture at auction rooms. Tho prettiest tin’ti look ugly—their countenances arc so for Imhling. ITT’' Wanted, at this office, an editor wlio can phase every l»ody. Also, a foreman, who can -o arrange the paper as to t How every naan’s advertisement to head a column. (17=* The training institution is ‘some* down cast. We iioti.-t that a company has a captain, one private, and two guns, minus the barrels. The country is safe. Let down the bars. tT7" Washerwomen arc Haiti to bo tho Jftost inconsistent women m the world, because they all look for soft water after it has been raining hard. [TT" When i on happen to have no dinner, and im money tn buy one. just dt down and read a cookery book. Capital feast of imagination, that. i [. /' An eminent nrtwt —American of course , —lately painted a snow-storm ro naturally, i that In- 1 aught a bad cold by setting too near it with his oat oil*. [■’ >- Whdl is (he best attitude for self-de fence {" said a pupil to a well known pugi list, “ Keep « end longue iu your head,” was the reply. fUT’’ Helter-skelter is a contraction of Latin. hilantn■ cilrnfn. “cheerfully and quickly.” Hocus [incus, is in like manner'n verbal muta* tion of holuti corpus— I “this is my body.” [IT- A fellow out of health went to Saratoga in pink up n little, ami picked tip enough to send him to (he Slate I’nson for Ihyco years. This is recruiting with a vengeance. [C7*' A Work regiment of soldiers is in process of formation in the city of Havana, by order of fJen. Pezucirt, the new Governor of Cuba. They will probably he called tho black-guards! j£7" “ I have a good car, a wondcrftd car,** wud a conceited musician, hi tho course of con versation. “So lias a jackass,” replied a by*- i slander. Ov” Perklps wishes to know why some of our first females wear lamp mats instead of bonnets on their heatU in tho street? Referred to committee on milliners. Fallacy op an Old Axpnl.—To eay “as different as chalk Is from cheese.” When wo consider that cheese is made from jnilk, and milk is nmdo from chalk, thcro is hot' such'a great difference after all. Ask a woman to do you a service, and considers how she enh best accomplish what vuU wish. Ask a man, and ho considers how he* can best make you appreciate his intention to servo you. {£7* A mart being asked if ho would like to live forever, replied, “ That considering tho state of tho limes, and the weakness of tho gov ernment, ho would not caro about living m6ro thanlndf of it.” ' Rich.—A lonesome young bachelor adver tises in a city for a partner, lie says ho wishes , to enter into a matrimonial alliance with &sm« g/e lady or,widow. Of course doubloModics need not apply. J ; T 5 % % . I
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